# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1917_S61
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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received the promise from me that, when he would
visit his home again, he would find me a Lutheran.
When I saw him again the following year, he was
already at death’s door, but it gave him great
pleasure to learn that I had not only meanwhile
become a Lutheran, but also, by the influence of
my pastor, a student at Immanuel College. While
still a student of pharmacy at Raleigh, I was mar-
ried to Miss A. V. Spaulding, of Whiteville, N. C.
In the following year the Lord blessed us with
a son, whom we were permitted to keep until May 3,
1914, when he was killed by the kick of a mule.

The Lutheran Pioneer.

thing more precious in store for him if he prove
faithful in the work of the Lord, in the blessed work
of winning souls for Christ and keeping them with
Him. (1 Pet. 5, 4.) F. Bere.

The Summer Convention of Luther
Conference.

Luther Conference was opened with a joint
service in St. Paul’s Church, New Orleans, on
Wednesday night, June 20.

Pastor Chas. Peay

New Chapel at Spartanburg, S.C.

When we were married, my wife also was a student
at Raleigh, and we decided to remove to the State
of Mississippi, in order that I might take a position
in one of the schools of that State. However, we
were persuaded by our parents to continue our
studies at Raleigh, and to abandon our plans of
removal to Mississippi. Now we are glad that we
did not go to Mississippi, for had we gone there,
we might not be enjoying the glorious blessings
_ which we now enjoy as Lutherans, for my wife fol-
lowed me into the Lutheran Church as gladly and
willingly as I joined it.” 2

The Lord bless our new missionary and his
labors. He won the gold medal when he graduated
from the School of Pharmacy, but there is some-

oceupied the pulpit. His text was chosen from
1 Kings 6 and 7. He presented to his audience
the Temple at Jerusalem and showed in a beautiful
way how it may he regarded as a type, or a picture,
of the spiritual edifice which Christ, through the
Gospel, builds here on earth, the kingdom of God.

The writer must pause here to mention the fact
that the members of our congregations were con-
spicuous by their absence. Let us not forget that
these joint services are of prime importance. We
are one in hope, faith, and Baptism, and these joint
services, when well attended, are an evidence of
that bond of union which binds our congregations
together. Put a pin there, and let us attend gH
services better!